My mother died back in 2000, and I was left with a lot of her stuff. I really don't know if any of it is valuable, but I'm kind of stuck with this weird sentimentality attached to it. Some of it is just interesting stuff, since she had an interesting childhood and youth, but some of it is just, well, hers. I find it hard to work myself up to selling or getting rid of a lot of it.
I have a similar situation with my grandmother, who's in the process of divesting herself and finding homes for things. If she gives me something, I find it hard to just turn around and get rid of it.
Any of you have this problem? How do you slap yourself in the face and force yourself to think objectively? I don't think sentimentality is a big problem, but in a lot of cases the other half of my brain is just looking askance at myself.